PB1A-- Youtube Bios

My textual genre is a youtube bio. The youtube bios I will be analyzing are bios from my favorite youtubers: Casey Neistat, Peter McKinnon, and Matt D'Avella. All have a large social media presence. Before reading the bios, I said that a youtube bio would consist of the following conventions: an introduction (their name, where they are from and age), what content they will be posting, a short interesting fact about themselves, and the equipment they use to shoot their videos.

Casey Neistat's bio had most of the conventions I listed and then some. In Casey's bio, he included his name, where he is from and his age. He also included the equipment he used but did not include the type of content that will be posted on his channel. Lastly, he added an interesting fact about himself. A convention that was included in his bio that I did not list was links to his other social medias.

Matt D'Avella's bio included his name, what type of person he is, and a background of his previous works and what he will be posting about. He also included the convention I missed: links to his other social medias- like Casey. Peter did not include his age or where he is from nor did he include the equipment he uses to make videos.

Peter McKinnon's bio was pretty short. He included an interesting fact about himself (he drinks lots of coffee). He also stated what content will consist of (vlogs). Peter did not include where he was from, his age, or the equipment he uses to make videos.

The purpose of a Youtube bio is to catch a viewer's attention and help them decide if they will want to watch or not. For example, an inspiring vlogger would probably check out some of McKinnon's videos simply because he included he is a very successful vlogger. A Youtube bio also help the viewer know a little more about the creator they are viewing. By including names, ages, and where you're from more of a connection can be formed. The tones and styles are different between each YouTuber based on the type of person they are (personality wise).

Annotations

My annotations consist of underlining, circling, stars, sad faces, smiley faces. When I underline a statement I usually link it to what I think the statement means or my thoughts on the statement. I circle a word when I dont know what it means. My stars indicate that the statement is interesting. Lastly, my smiley faces shows that I agree with the statement while my sad faces show that I disagree with the statement.

Raet- highlight
           -new words (same but cirlce)
           -facts
           -recommendations (i dont do this, maybe i should)
Razie-
underline
          -interesting ideas
          -things she agreed with (same but with smiley faces)
          -arguments
circle
         -words she didnt know ( i do the same for words i dont know)

Hey! My name is Akeymah but most people call me by my social media username, ‘Keymerz’. I am originally from West Oak Lane Philadelphia but went to school in New Jersey. Growing up, I was pretty active. I cheered for the West Oak Lane Wildcats, played basketball, softball and ran track as well. Along with my interest in sports, I was also interested in crime. I know I know sounds crazy, right? Don’t worry, I wasn’t interested in comiting crimes I was always interested in why and how people committed certain crimes. I would always watch shows like CSI, Law and Order, NCIS, etc. As I got older I started to make sense of my interest in crime and came up with the idea to major in Forensic Psychology. Majoring in Forensic Psychology will hopefully give me the skills to finally answer my questions about how and why people commit the crimes they do. Ok, that’s enough of the typical “spill”